Currycomb.



No, 693,259. Patented Feb. Il, |902.

J. E. GILBERT.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH E. GILBERT, OF DANSVILLE, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-IILF TOESTELLA F. GILBERT, OF DANSVILLE, MICHIGAN.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,259, dated Februaryl11, 19:02?. Application led .lune-*l 1901. Serial No. 65,962. (Nomodel.)

To tu whom t may concern: l

Be it known that I, JOSEPH E. GILBERT, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Dansville, in the county of Ingham and State ofMichigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Currycombs, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip--r Reference isto be had to the accompanying l drawings, forming apart of thisspecification,

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in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure l isa perspective View showing the under side of the implementand features of the invention thereon. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe'same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view substantially on rtheline 3 3 in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4-is a transverse sectional Viewsubstantially on the line 1 4 in Fig.; 3.

The frame of the currycombis preferably formed of a strip of plate metalbent so as to provide two side bars 5 ;that are held spaced apart andparallel with'each other by the curved back bar 6, from which centrallyrprojects rearward the shank 7, uponwhich is mounted and secured thehandle 8, said shank having an upward bend at d near the back bar andanother bend b substantially at right angles to the short interveningshank member thus produced. a

A plurality of toothed cross-bars 9 areheld spaced apart and securedupon the frame side bars 5,preferably as shown, each cross-bar havingears c turned on its ends in the same direction and riveted upon theside bars between which the cross-bars are introduced, as clearlyrepresented in Fig. 2, wherein four cross-bars are shown, although thenumber of such bars may be increased, if this is found to be desirable.

Between the four toothed cross bars 9 Scrapers 10, in plate form, areheld to slide and .pass over the teeth 9, at each side there'- of, forthe removal of scurf and` hair that are removed by the comb from thebeast when curried. The preferred construction of the Scrapers 10, asshown, comprises the forma tion of two scraper-blades integral with abackbone-plate 10a, which is of such dimensions as to adaptthe bladesthereon to have loose contact with the adjacent faces of two toothed 6ocross-bars 9,between which the pair of scraperblades are introduced andheld to reciprocate, as will now be explained. The three pairs ofscraper-blades are securedvby rivets d upon the under side of thespacing-plate 11,.which holds theinparallel and between correspondingtoothedcross-,bars 9. The two outermost cross-bars 9 are oppositelyperforated near each end forthe recep tion of the ends of two guide-rods12, which 7o are inserted and secured therein. v

The longitudinally-extended and spaced guide-rods 12 each pass throughopposite diagonal slots e, formed in the scraper-blades 10, which arelocated between the two outer cross-bars. Preferably the scraper-blades10 are allsloped, as at e, laterally and downwardly at one end, and thebackbone-plates Y 10a are cut away at saidendspof the scraperplates.. n

The trend of all of the diagonal slots e is in the same `direction asthe slopes e on the scraper-plates, and for effective service theguide-rods 12 contact with the bottoms of the slots e when thescraper-,blades'are moved in S5 the direction of the arrowa; in Fig. l,whereby the scraper-blades that contact with each side of theintervening toothed'cross-bars 9 will be drawn upwardly and away fromthe l teeth 9*. 90

A -bracket 13 issecured at one end upon-the upright member of the shank7 and projects forwardly and near the rearmost toothed cross-bar 9. Atthe forward end of the bracket 13 a lever 14 is pivoted between itsends, and 95 the portion of the armthus engaged'by the lever is inclinedsimilarly to theinclination of the slots e.

Upon the spacing-plate 11 near its center a looped keeper 15 is secured,and in the loop roo of said keeper the forward end of the lever 14 isheld to slide.

A bow-spring 1G is provided to hold the scraper-blades l0 normallyraised, so as to expose the teeth 9 for service, said spring beingformed of resilient material in rod form, having a coil g preferablyintroduced intermediate its ends. One end of the spring 1G is engagedwithin the loop of the keeper 15 and the other end thereof with thehandle 8 near the shank 7.

Upon the free end of the lever 14, near the transverse bar 6 of theframe, a finger-hold 7b is formed, which facilitates the manipulation ofthe lever.

As before mentioned, the scraping edges or the blades 10, that areloosely engaged with the opposite sides of the toothed cross-bars 9, arenormally raised above the teeth f)a thereon, and this permits the use ofthe currycomb in the usual manner.

It' is Well known that the teeth of an ordinaryeurrycomb quickly becomeclogged with the scuri' removed from the skin of the animal, and usuallythe frame of the comb is struck against a fixed object to jar the adhering seurf from the comb, which quicklyinjures the ourrycomb, so as torender it worthless.

In the improved comb the operator can from time to time perfectly cleanoff the scurf from the teeth 9 by manipulation of the lever 14, as itwill be seen `that if the currycomb-handie 8 is held in the right handand the indexiinger of said hand is engaged with the curved finger-hold7L a pull of the latter Will freely slide the scraper-blades endwise anddownwardly, thus passing their edges down over the opposite sides of theteeth 9 on each crossbar 9, which Will perfectly clean obstructions fromthe cross-bars, a release of the fingerhold permitting thescraper-blades to resume normal adjustment.

Itis claimed that the invention affords a light, strong, and veryconvenient implement of its class, which may be manufactured in quantityat a lowr cost.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. lu a eurryeomb, the combination with a frame, andtransverse toothed bars thereon, of a plurality of scraper-blades heldtogether in pairs,sundry of the scraper-blades having diagonal slotstherein, guide-bars loosely engaging said slots and held at their endsin the outer toothed bars, and means for moving the scraper-bladesendWise.

2. ln a eurrycomb, the combination with a frame of substantially Ushape, ahandle, and a bracket on a transverse bar of said frame, and aplurality of toothed cross-bars held spaced on the frame by theirends,of a series of like scraper-blades held together in pairs by integralbackbone-plates, the edges of the `scraper-blades engaging oppositesides of the toothed bars near their teeth,all of the scraperbladeshaving similarly-trending opposite diagonal slots near the ends thereof,guide-bars held at their ends in outer toothed bars and loosely engagingthe slots of the scraperblades,a spacing-plate Whereon all the scraperblades are secured, a rockable lever adapted for manipulation andengaging a keeper-loop ou the spacing-plate, and a spring adapted toelevate the scraper-blades above the teeth of the elossbars.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this speciication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH E. GIL BERT.

NVitnesses:

FRANK Il. FIELD, ISAAC W. Mon,

